Abel Sanchez: record, next fight and profile →
Gennady Golovkin is now in camp in Big Bear with trainer Abel Sanchez preparing for his September 16th assignment against Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs). "It's been two weeks, maybe this time I'm more excited, it's more serious for me. It's my biggest fight, I feel more emotion for this fight,"said Golovkin on Wednesday afternoon, who has yearned for a fight of this magnitude since coming over to America in 2012.
Abel Sanchez, trainer of IBO, IBF, WBA, WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs), strongly believes that his boxer's last performance is the main reason they were able to land a fight with Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs). After two years of hype, Golovkin will defend his titles against Canelo on September 16th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. HBO Pay-Per-View will carry the fight.
Abel Sanchez, trainer of IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) is not impressed with the punching power of Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs).
Veteran trainer Abel Sanchez, who currently trains world champions Gennady Golovkin and Murat Gassiev, views UFC superstar Conor McGregor as a very dangerous opponent for Floyd Mayweather Jr. Mayweather (49-0, 26 KOs) is coming back to the sport on August 26th, after being retired for two years, and takes on McGregor at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Veteran trainer Abel Sanchez is interested and open to the idea of once again training former IBF, WBO, WBA light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (30-2, 26 KOs). Sanchez trained Kovalev in the beginning of his career and helped bring him to a record of 7-0-1 with all seven wins by knockout from 2010 to 2012.
Abel Sanchez Video Interview on Canelo, Kovalev - Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin’s eagerly-awaited middleweight superfight will take place at Las Vegas’s T-Mobile Arena on September 16. HBO Pay-Per-View will produce and distribute the event.
Abel Sanchez, head trainer of IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs), expects his boxer to change a lot of minds on September 16th, when he defends his belts against Canelo Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Abel Sanchez, trainer of IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs), expects his fighter to win at least eight of the twelve rounds against Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs). The two boxers are finally set to collide on September 16th from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. HBO Pay-Per-View will carry.
Denis Shafikov gets his third crack at a lightweight title this Friday night at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio, when he faces IBF lightweight belt-holder Robert Easter. And after falling short against the likes Miguel Vazquez and Rances Barthelemy, Easter might be Shafikov's most difficult assignment to date.
Abel Sanchez, who once worked with former champion Sergey Kovalev (30-2, 26 KOs), isn't all that surprised that he has seemingly tuned out trainer John David Jackson in his last few fights and many believe that a parting of ways between the two is inevitable after consecutive losses to Andre Ward (32-0, 16 KOs). Last Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Ward stopped Kovalev in the eight round of their rematch.